The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-04

WHO AND his CASTLE.
anra radicals 10 is now divided into
two anar,mcnis by strong and solid
PARTITION That reaches from wall 20
val and from floor % ceiling A mar
row and very heavy door allows one
per1u at a time 20 enter tho rear
nom and prevents any sudden rush or
raid by The police, and enables los inmates
b. successfully Withstand q siege for q
onr enough time % effect an escape
through other parts Of the building
The proprietor, Paul Wilzg, is a man
Of about 4J Medium sized. slender
sinewy. quick and intelligent. he displays
many VI The qualities which make a man
anltuml political leader He is Of Ger
man birth and education, but reads
writes and speaks English admirably He
b very popular with the more radical
Procrcssives, and owing 20 tho bitter feel
IDs between Che two, just as unpopular
with the police His place is practically
under police surveillance. BY day 30 is
well pafr0nizcd. the outside room, which
contains Che BAR being filed hy customers
Of both sexes and The inside room or
"casile' being often used Atuight both
bar and castle are packed with agita-
Tors
The language most frequently heard at
WilZ.g's is German, next 90 This the pc
culiar iargon common along The eastern
frontier of Prussia and Austria and the
western frontier Of Russia. in that belt OF
territory where the TeutOnic blends with
ho sllyonic race Anarchists of this
,rcin are usually brave. determined. pa
Cont and vcngcful From the brutal
ml.iarism which has long prevailed in
iho Two great empires there has been de
Seioped "a type Of man marked boy ndiiIer-
encc to life and physical welfare, intense
sntpathy tO the governing classes, and
strong crcrari0usn sss or sOciabilty. Next
% these come The French. then the 30
hcmaus llungarians and Slays proper;
then The English. but almost no Irish,
Americans or negroes
Nothing Is further removed from the
truth than the popular belief that the
Radicals are weak and sickly men They
arc nearly an members ~ labor unions
and average az well as their fellow Nom
bers The ta.lors and musicians are
stronger and better men physically than
he ordinary knight Of the lapstone or
poripatetic band performer
The wood and metal workers are mus
'ullr. fine looking men. who will compare
fayOr11ly with the art sans ~ any In
insty ia the city The frequcntcrs Of
Wilzg's and the visitors TO the castle, so
iar as health. strength and activity are
concerned. are superior 20 an equal mum
bu Of militia. and probably Of even the
robust but over fed police Intellectually
hes are interesting studies They are
JEALOUS believers in the doctrines Of
Laslllc. and use with great ability vast
store Of fact and argument which the
winters OF their school have brought to-
seihcr 10 may be that poverty cOmpels,
uucr than that they do what pleases
hom the most, but, as matter Of fact,
Aey devote far more time 20 reading,
study aud discussion than do the mem
bcrs Of amy other political organization In
nc land Nearly every one Of their head
quarters is q reading room, where daily,
weekly and monthly publications are
always To- De found I'm plenty. Most OF
he periodicals are In German, the re
naialor being English and infrequcntly
French Frciheit, Herr Most's organ;
Liberty published by Tucker, in Boston;
Arhoii or some other Chicago journal,
aaa tho Volks Xeitung are their fayorite
publications.
Oae Of the habltues Of the place de
serves especial notice 4 little wiry,
E1cuci up old man, whose ace may be
anywhere between 40 and 20, sits at one
N the tables earnestly talking chemistry
70 O circle Of listening admirers. His
..fiac.es seem 10 intensity the brightness
W DIS small grecnish gray eyes His hair
+ ihn and bis face, though innocent Of
1e razor shows 40 the iurthcst a little
IOWA which neither the imagination nor
-' barber can convert into beard. This
Z Joln B. King the Belfast man. BY
.-le he Us @ boss plastercr or molder, /
-.i Dds Ime berr.med clothes and iron .
,ae bands bear testimony TO bis daily toll /
81 DTS leisure hc is poet. am inventor, /
.af. wit. chemist add. above all, an /
.-aita NE dyuauiicr lie has probably /
mno toward lam.iMlug the masses /
n..l lIra explosives than Most and Mcz- .
100 together a large portion Of bis
''l..rc .oil acquired. DIS laboratory
'''f o.ou thc Kitchen and his in
'.os ae books DE could bay or pro-
' from te great Libraries 10 has not
.l "a. c-F ta-k with King
Ile hardest part OF 10. said he 10 the
N, ,.af' '"as thc trouble with landlords
\. course every noW and then / blow my
- Up don't like 90 do lt, and don't /
'1't 10 but IL has 70 happen. The lrSt